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1. characteristics

   • increased frequency and variety of second language practice through different types of interaction
   • possibility for development or use of language in ways that supportcognitive development and increased language skills
   • opportunities to integrate language with content-based instruction
   • opportunities to include a greater variety of curricular materials to stimulate language as well as concept learning
   • freedom for teachers to master new professional skills, particularly those emphasizing communication
   • opportunities for students to act as resources for each other, thus assuming a more active role in their learning

2. weaknesses

   • some groups of students (e.g., intermediate and advanced learners)
     • may obtain more benefits from it than others
     • places considerable demands on teachers
       • who may have difficulty adapting to the new roles required of them
         • Made by Raquel Bautista

3. strengths

   • provide opportunities for naturalistic second language acquisition
   • provide teachers with a methodology to enable them to achieve this goal
     • can be applied in
       • content-based, foreign language classrooms; mainstreaming
   • focused attention to particular lexical items, language structures, and communicative functions through the use of interactive tasks
   • provide opportunities for learners to develop successful learning and communication strategies
   • enhance learner motivation and reduce learner stress and to create a positive affective classroom climate

4. abilities focus

   • reading
     • the readers should make use of their background and linguistic knowledge
       • to reconstruct the writer’s intended meaning
   • writing
     • Pairs verify that each member’s composition
       • criteria that have been established by the teacher
   • listening
     • the Students listening and completing an outline of Student ideas
   • Speaking
     • learners ask and respond to a deeper array of alternative question types
       • to foster the development of critical thinking.

5. Concept

   • group activities
     • are
       • the major mode of learning
       • part of a comprehensive theory
       • system for the use of group work in teaching
       • Group activities
         • are carefully planned
           • to
             • maximize students’ interaction
             • facilitate students’ contributions to each other’s learning
   • CLL activities can also be used
     • in collaboration with other teaching